Improvement in constructing moldings of paper



tardia Staar WILLIAM W. WEBSTER, CF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSE'ITS.

Letters Patent No. 110,704, dated January 3, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTINGMOLDINGS QF PAPER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

lie it known thaty I, WILLIAM-W. WEBSTER, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, papier-mache manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the manufacture of kaper-Moldings, especially adapted for the corniees of rooms in buildings, but applicable to other situations; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact specification thereof, rel'crenec being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

Similar letters represent similar parts in the sev-- eral views.

A practicable cornice for rooms, lighter and less expensive, and free from the objections of wood or stucco coi-nicos, and one that can be put up dry, after the building is iinished, has long been a great desideratum; this ,Ideem myself` to have accomplished by my present invention.

a a represent portions of the wall and ceiling of `the room.

b represents the cavetto or principal molding of the' cornice, which I make by pastimer layers of paper on a mold of proper form, until I attain the requisite thickness for stability.

Then to keep the 4moldinor in perfect shape, and prevent all twist-ing and warping, I coat the back of the molding at e with thick enamel composition."

vI then put the same up, either in sections or of the entire lateral dimensions of the room, and complete the out-line of the cornice, to meet the requirements of taste, by adding.,r fillet-moldings, represented by the letters l and e, either of wood, molded papier-mache, or of any other material, which fillets may serve not only forornament, but to support and eonline the cavetto or principal molding.

Vhen the cavetto or layer-work is pnt up iny sections, I nsually conceal the joinings by an additional front exterior layer of paper, f, ot' finer texture and color, which I pnt onai'ter the sections are secured in place; and I frequently enrich the cornice by the addition of ornaments ot' putty-composition or 'molded papier-mache, as represented by the letters g g.

Having thus described the nature, use, and application of my improvement,

A paper cornice, made and applied in themanner and for the purpose described.

I WILLIAM L VEBSTER.

Vitncsses LUTHER BRIG Gs, CHARLES H. Cornu'. 

